The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred Racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War - era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history The early days of American horse racing were grueling.
Wickens spent years meticulously researching the horse and his legacy--and with Lexington, she presents an absorbing, exciting account that transports readers back to the raucous beginning of American horse racing and introduces them to the stallion at its heart..
Kim Wickens, a lawyer and dressage rider, became fascinated by this Legendary horse when she learned that twelve of Thoroughbred racing\'s thirteen Triple Crown winners descended from Lexington.
They soon focused on the prized Lexington and his valuable progeny.
Confederate soldiers ran amok, looting freely and kidnapping horses from the top stables.
Yet with the Civil War raging, Lexington\'s years at a Kentucky stud farm were far from idyllic.
Horses from his bloodline won more money than the offspring of any other Thoroughbred--an annual success that led Lexington to be named America\'s leading sire an unprecedented sixteen times.
But once his groundbreaking achievements as a Racehorse ended, his role as a sire began.
He would continue his winning career until deteriorating eyesight forced his retirement in 1855.
Lexington shattered the world speed record for a four-mile race, showing a war-torn nation that the Extraordinary was possible even in those perilous times.
The stallion Lexington, named after the city in Kentucky where he was born, possessed these winning qualities, which pioneering Americans prized.
Four-mile races, run two or three Times in succession, were the norm, rewarding horses who brandished the ideal combination of stamina and speed.
The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred Racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War - era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history The early days of American horse racing were grueling
